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āhānu

(- ähar-, Heterokliton) n

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. ähan-

ähan- (- ähar-, Heterokliton) n. Tag, Tageshelle (RV +; in alter Sprache NomAkkSg char, dazu Kasus von dhan-/ähn-J/ähawie LokSg dhan, dhani [AV + ähni) am Tag [s. AiGr II 39, 273, 311, 312]; Instr$g ahna, GenPl dhnam; DatPl ahabhyas, LokPl ahasu, usw.; erst durch Umdeutung von ahasu [aus “n-su) als *ahas-su entstehen -s-stämmige Formen wie ahobh?’ [RV (1. Buch) +], Br + ähah-su, AiGr III 290, 310f., RV + aho-räträ- … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. ähan-, p. 209]

2. َهَن

ahan n. the base of the weak and some other cases of ahar, q.v. , e.g. instr. ahnā [once ahanā, RV. i, 123, 4 ]

3. َهَن

only Ved. are the middle cases of the pl. ahabhyas [ RV. ], ahabhis [ RV. , nine times], and ahasu [ RV. i, 124, 9 ], while the later language forms them fr. the base ahas, q.v.

4. āhan

āhan P. hanti ( Impv. ājahi, AV. &c.; pf. ājaghāna, RV. &c.) Ā. hate (only if no object follows, Pāṇ. i, 3, 28 , or if the object is a part of one's own body, Kāty. ; Pot. 1. sg. ghnīya, Pat. on Pāṇ. i, 1, 62 ; Daś. ) to strike at, hit, beat; to attack, assault, RV. ; TS. ; ĀśvGṛ. ; MBh. ; Kathās. &c.: ( Ā. ) to strike one's self (or any part of one's body), BhP. ; Pāṇ. and Comm. Bhaṭṭ. ; to make away with one's self, Daś. 91, 15 ; to fasten, AV. ; ŚBr. ; to beat or cause to sound (a drum &c.), TS. ; ŚBr. ; Kathās. ; Bhaṭṭ. &c.: Intens. ājaṅghanti, RV. vi, 75, 13 , to strike at or beat violently.

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  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. ahan (vol. 3, scan p. 586; entry #6308).

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